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THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 



GONZALES CITY SCHOOLS 



Session 1901-02 



AND 



ANNOUNCEMENT FOR SESSION 



1902-03 



GONZALES, TEXAS 



GONZALES 
REESE <i. BEACH, PRINXERS 



Board of Trustees. 



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Hugh Lewis Term expires May, 1904. 

J. H. BooTHE Term expires May, 1904. 

C. T. Rather Term expires May, 1904. 

B. R. Abernethy Term expires May, 1903. 

T. F. Harwood Term expires May, 1903. 

A. R. Wright Term expires May, 1903. 

F. O. Smith Term expires May, 1903, 

OFFICERS OF THE BOARD. 

Hugh Lewis President. 

F. O. Smith Secretary. 

A. R. Wright Assistant Secretary. 

C. T. Rather Treasurer. 

T. L ToLAND Superintendent. 



Standing Committees. 

FINANCE, CLAIMS AND ACCOUNTS. 

Hugh Lewis, A. R. Wright, T F. Harwood. 

BUILDING, PURCHASE AND REPAIRS. 

Hugh Lewis, J. H. Boothe, C. T. Rather. 

rules, grievances and complaints. 
Hugh Lewis, F.'O. Smith, B. R. Abernethy. 

teachers, course OF study and text- BOOKS. 

Hugh Lewis, T. F. Harwood, T. L. Toland. 



Calendar. 

Session begins Monday, September 8, 1902. 
First Term Examinations begin Thursday, December 18, 1902. 
First Term closes Wednesday, December 24, 1902. 
Second Term begins Monday, January 5, 1903. 
Final Examinations begin Wednesday, May 6, 1903. 
Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees to pass on Teachers' 
Reports, Wednesday, May 13, 1903. 

Promotion Cards given out Thursday, at 9 a. m. May 14, 1903. 

Commencement Sermon Sunday, May 10, 1903. 

Exercises of the Graduating Class Thursday night. May 14, 1903. 



HOLIDAYS. 

Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26, 1903. 
Christmas Vacation begins Wednesday, December 24, 1902. 
Christmas Vacation ends Monday, January 5, 1903. 
Washington's Birthday, Thursday, February 22, 1903. 
San Jacinto Day, Tuesday April 21, 1903. 



Directory, 

PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, 

The President of the Board will attend to school matters at any 
time when called upon to do so. 

SUPERINTENDENT OF THE CITY SCHOOLS. 

The Superintetjdent will be found at his office in the High School 
building at any time between 8 a. m. and 4 p. m. The patrons and 
friends of the schools are requested to visit and consult with him 
freely in regard, to all matters pertaining to the interest of their 
children, or the schools. 

REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE BOARD. 

The Board will meet in regular session on the first Thursday of 
each school month at 4 p. m. in the office of the Superintendent. 

TEACHERS MEETINGS. 

The regular meetings of the white teachers of the city schools will 
be on the first and third Fridays at 3 p. m. in the Superintendent's 
oflBce. Other meetings may be called by the Superintendent when 
necessarj'. 

TEACHERS INSTITUTES. 

An institute for the white teachers will be held on the first Satur- 
day of each scholastic month at 10 a m. in the High School bu Iding. 

The colored teachers will hold an institute on the third Saturday 
of each month at 10 a. m. in the colored school building. 

DAILY SESSION. 

Regular session, 8:30 a. m. to 3:30 p. m.. In bad weather, may be 
changed at the discretion of the Superintendent. 



Faculty. 



HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT. 

T. L. TOLA.ND, 

Superintendent of Schools and Principal of the High School Department. 

Latin, History. 

Miss ROZELLE NICHOLSON, 

English and Supervisor of Drawing. 

O. D. HARGIS, 

Mathematics and Scipnce. 

Miss LAURA REESE, 

German. 
INTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT. 

Miss LAURA REESE, 

Sixth Grade. 

Miss IJILDA KLUGH, 

Fifth Grade. 

Mrs. MAUDE RANSON, 

Fourth Grade 

PRIMARY DEPARTMENT. 

Miss j3ELLE KING, 

Third Grade. 

Miss OLLIE O'NEALL, 

Second Grade. 

Miss ORA WOOD, 

Low First. 

Miss LUCY MAY JOHNSON, 

High First. 

Mrs. C. a. BURCHARJ), 

Instrumental and Vocal Music 

Miss ROZELLE NICHOLSON, 

Librarian. 

B. J. WROBLEWSKI, 

Janitor. 
MEXICAN SCHOOL. 



Teacher. 
C;OLORED SCHOOL. 

J. R. BENNETT, 

Principal. 

DORCAS N. WALKER, 

>0 Assistant. 



SARAH L. LEWIS, 

Assistant. 



Graduates of Gonzales high School. 



1891 



Abernethy, Robert Swepson, Captain in Artillery Corps; Instructor in 
Chemistry, Geologfy, Mineralogy, United States Military Academy, 
West Point, N. Y. 

Ellis, Amos Downing, Teacher, Gonzales, Texas. 



1892 

Knox, Robert Bailey, Physician, Gillette. Wyoming. 
May, Ethel, Stenographer, San Antonio, Texas. 
Newby, Clifford Jeremiah, (deceased). 
Smith, James NVillis, Teacher, Corsicana, Texas. 

1893 

Lewis, Thos. Harwood, Lawyer, Tishomingo, I. T. 
Trigg, Julia Bingham, (Mrs. Kleine), Gonzales, Texas. 
Thomas, Robbie Daisy, Teacher, Yoakum, Texas. 
Stephens, Andrew J., Teacher, Waelder, Texas. 
Stephens, Alexander H., Teacher, Waelder, Texas. 

1894 

Fly, Edith, (Mrs. Hildebrand). Gonzales. Texas. 
Quails, Eddie, Teacher, Gonzales, Texas. 
Ponton Cayloma, St. Louis, Mo. 
Robinson, Louise, (Mrs. Miller), Waelder, Texas. 
Boothe, Alice, (Mrs. Smith), Gonzales, Texas. 
Warner, Henry J., Physician, Galveston, Texas. 

1895 

Fitzgerald, Nettie, (Mrs. McAdams), Brookston, Texas. 

Matthews, Willie, Bookkeeper for Brick and Tile Co., Gonzales, Texas. 

Ponton, Brownie, (Deceased). 

1896 

Williamson, Regina, (Mrs. Planck), Gonzales, Texas. 
Ramsay, Lena Josephine, Bandera, Texas. 

1897 

No Graduates. 

1898 

Rather, Ethel, Student in University of Texas, Austin, Texas. 
Bright, E. Raj', Bookkeeper for A. F. Dietze, Gonzales, Texas. 
Colley, Lily C, Teacher, Gonzales, Texas. 

1899 

Watkins, Jennie H., Teacher, San Marcos, Texas. 
McNeal, L'Uie, Lockhart, Texas. 



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O'Neall, Ollie D., Teacher in Gonzales City Schools, Gonzales, Texas. 

Bright, C. Vaughn, with E. A. Gomez, Jeweler, Gonzales, Texas. 

Botts, Francis I., Bookkeeper for Gonzales Drug Co., Gonzales, Texas. 

Haynes, H. Walter, Gonzales, Texas. 

Green, Daisy D., (Mrs. Kent), San Angelo, Texas. 

Pettus, Ivy A., (LMrs. O'Connor), Gonzales, Texas. 

Scheske, Ada L., Gonzales, Texas. 

1900 

Ranson, J. H., Student, University of Texas, Austin, Texas. 
Burchard, Hoyt L., Student, University of Texan, Austin, Texas, 
Leadbetter, Virginia B., Oak Forest, Texas. 
Boothe, Walter L., Cattleman, Sweetwater, Texas. 
Kelly, loma L , (Mrs. Mohrmann), Gonzalea, Texas. 

1901 

Chenault, Annie L., Gonzales, Texas. 
Meisenhelder, Rena May, Gonzales, Texas. 
Walker, Flora E., Granger, Texas. 

1902' 

Rather, Roy L., Gonzales, Texas. 
Jahn, Eddie, Gonzales, Texas. 
Fonts, El wood L., Stockdale, Texas. 



Superintendent's Report. 

To the Honorable Board of Trustees of Gonzales City Schools: 

Gentlemen: — I have the honor to submit the regular Annual 
Report of the condition and progress of Gonzales City Schools: 

GENERAL .STATISTICS. 

Population of Gonzales 6200 

Scholastic population, white, 1902 499 

" " colored, 1902 i 190 

Total, 689 

SCHOOL PROPERTY. 

Estimated Value of Sites $ 20,000 00 

Buildings 30,000 00 

Furniture 5,000 00 

Apparatus 500 00 

Reference Library 250 00 

Circulating " 500 00 

Teachers' •" ' 50 00 



TEACHERS. 

White, male 2, female 10 12 

Mexican, female 1 1 

Colored, male 1, female 3 4 

Total 17 

BUILDINGS. 

Number of Buildings 4 

Number of Rooms 17 

Number of Seats 750 

NUMBER PUPILS ENROLLED. 

White School 442 

Mexican " 53 

Col6red " 209 

Total 704 

PER CENT. OF ATTENDANCE. 

White 92 

Mexican :. 88 

Colored ^.. 80 

NEITHER ABSENT NOR TARDY. 

White 22 

Mexican 

Colored 

Total 22 

CASES CORPORAL PUNISHMENT. 

White 2 

Mexican 12 

Colored 52 

Total 66 

CASES OF TARDINESS. 

White 14 

Mexican 12 

Colored 201 

Total 227 

LENGTH OF SCHOOL TERM. 

For White Children 9 months 

For Mexican Children 9 months 



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For Colored Children 9 months 

FINANCIAL STATEMENT— RECEIPTS. 

State Fund .$3382 00 

County Fund - 130 40 

Transfers 235 20 

City Taxes 2643 92 

Tuition, Fees 1373 40 

Amount trom last year 230 88 

Total $7995 80 

DISBURSEMENTS. 

Teachers' Salaries $6657 00 

Janitor 300 00 

Transfers to other Districts 39 20 

Treasurer's Commission 33 82 

Wood ' 95 00 

Water 72 00 

Other Supplies 102 95 

Repairs , 165 07 

Census 34 45 

Total f7499 59 

Balance on hand 496 21 

Average cost of instruction for each pupil estimated on en- 
rollment (month) $ 1 23 

For entire year (9 months) 11 07 

Estimated on actual attendance (month) 1 61 

For entire year (9 months) 14 49 

The following pupils are entitled to be mentioned on the honor 
roll of last session, having made the required average: 

PRIMARY SCHOOL. 

Examination: — Winston Harwood, J. B. Wells, Eliza Dawe, Vic- 
toria Bongard. 

Term: — Victoria Bongard, J. B. Wells, Ruth Randle, Pearle 
Walker, Dudley Hoskins, Janie Park, Winston Harwood, Frank Wool- 
say, Willie Nathan, Ruth Spooner. 

Year: — Ruth Randle, i. B. Wells, Winston Harwood Willie Nathan, 

GRAMMAR SCHOOL, 

Examination: — Birdie Wright. 
Term:— Birdie Wright, Ettie Woolsey. 
Year:— Eirdie Wrighr, Ettie Woolsey. 



PUPILS NEITHER ABSENT NOR TARDY DURING LAST SESSION. 
PRIMARY SCHOOL. 

Dudley Hoskins, Jamie Nixon, Jimmie Stone, George White, Ruth 
Randle, Pearle Walker, Lillian Muecke, Victoria Bongard, Phelps 
Walker, Harman Jordan. 

GRAMMAR SCHOOL. 

Etta Heflin, Mamie Turner, Lawrence Hoskins, Mary Kelley, 
Mary Ella Fly, Eugene Goss, Mildred Cobb, Roxie Kitchen, MoUie 
Spooner. 

HIGH SCHOOL. 

Lois O'Neall, Jennie Walker. 

NEITHER ABSENT NOR TARDY FOR TWO YEARS. 

Jamie Nixon, Pearle Walker, George White, Victoria Bongard, 
Lillian Muecke, Harman Jordan, MoUie Spooner, Lois O'Neall, Jennie 
Walker. 

NEITHER ABSENT NOR TARDY FOR THREE YEARS. 

Harman Jordan, Lois O'Neall. 



The work has been very satisfactory in all the departments during 
the past session. The high average per cent of attendance, the very 
few cases of tardiness and the large number who have been neither 
absent nor tardy during the sessions are wholesome indications. 

Corporal punishment is almost a thing of the past in the white 
schools, having had only two cases during the last session. The gen- 
eral deportment of the pupils is as good as can be found in any public 
school in the state. We have had no suspensions or expulsions during 
the session, nor indeed for several years past. 

The greatest drawback to the progress and growth of the schools 
is the crowded condition of the lower grades. We hope that some 
arrangement may be made to meet this condition by the opening of 
the schools, or, at least, as soon as is possible. The Board of Trustees 
are to be congratulated on the excellent condition of the schools The 
financial condition is good, Gonzales being one of the few towns which 
has its schools on a cash basis. The disinterested labors of the Board 
of Trustees should be appreciated by every citizen of Gonzales. They 
have been faithful in the discharge of their duties, and the fact that 
Gonzales has a Board of educated, broad-minded men to look alter 
its educational interests, is a sufficient pledge for the future of her 
schools. The Trustees have provided for several changt^s in the 
course of study and the arrangement of grades which will be of great 
benefit to the usefulness of the school'^. After this the Seventh Grade 



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will become a part of the High School. The High School will be con- 
ducted on the departmental plan as much as is possible. Also the 
pupils in the High School will be graded on subjects and not by 
grades, as in the past. 

There have been several changes in the faculty on account of the 
resignation of some of the former teachers, but I am sure that the 
Board has made wise selections. We have a very select corps of 
teachers, selected for their especial fitness for the work assigned 
them. I am glad that we have a Board of Trustees who strive to se- 
lect their teachers on merit and fitness for the work rather than 
special "pull," as is the case in a great many places. 

In conclusion, gentlemen, allow me to thank you for your kind 
consideration, advice and co-operation during the past six years, 
which I have had the honor as well as pleasure of serving you in the 
capacity of Superintendent of your City Schools. 

Very respectfully, 

T. L. TOLAND, 
Superintendent. 




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Commencement Programme, 



Court HousCf 

May 15, '02. 



Class Flower — Pink. 

Colors — White and Blue. 

Motto— "Nosce te iDSum," 



graduates. 
Roy Rather, Eddie Jahn, Elwood Pouts. 



PROGRAM. 

Invocation Rev. John Stanly Thomas 

Piff-Paff 

Misses Lillian Joseph, Bettie Stahl, Willie Ben Peck and Ada Houston 

Salutatory Eddie Jahn 

Chorus. 

Oration — "David Copperfield" — A Criticism Roy Rather 

Over Hill and Dale 

Misses Annie Monkhouse, Willie Ben Peck, Ada Houston and Mary 
Harral. 

Oration— The Almighty Dollar Eddie Jahn 

Chorus 

Oration — A Coon Hunt Elwood Pouts 

Duet Misses Lillian Joseph and Bettie Stahl 

Address Rev. Thomas Gregory 

Mocking Bird 

Misses Annie Monkhouse, Willie Ben Peck, Ada Houston and Mary 
HarraU. 

Valedictory Roy Rather 

Presentation of Diplomas and University Scholarship T. P. Harwood 

Chorus 

Benediction : Bev. Thomas Gregory 



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Course of Study. 



The course of study in the City Schools of Gronzales is made to 
extend over a period of ten years. It consists of three departments, 
called Primary, Interfnediate and High School. The Primary Depart- 
ment is subdivided into three grides of one year each; the Interme- 
diate into three grades of one year each; the High School into four 
grades of one year each. The course outlined requires ten years, 
consisting of thirty-six weeks each, for the average pupil. 

Primary Department. 

This Department includes the first three grades, and a large per 
cent of all the children in the schools are enrolled here. The work in 
this Department is more essential than in either of the others. 

First Grade. 



FIRST TERM. 

Language— Oral and written work 
prepared by teacher. Repro- 
duction of stories. Making sen- 
tences; use of capitals, comma, 
period and interrogation point. 

Reading— Chart and supplement- 
ary work from black board. 

Spelling — Words from reading 
lessons. 

Numbers — Simple combinations 
to 10. 

Writing — Blackboard, paper and 
pencil. 

Drawing— Zaner, Ware and vVebh. 
Book No. 1. 

Music. 



SECOND TERM. 

Language — Continuation of first 
term's work with simple nature 
studies and dictation exercises. 

Reading— Stickney's First Reader 
—finish. 

Supplementary Reading — Seaside 
and Wayside, No. 1. Great 
Americans for Little Americans 

Numbers — Read Mnd write num- 
bers to 100. Sutton and Kira- 
brough to page 30. 

Writing— Tablets with pen and 
ink. 

Drawing — Same as first term 

Music. 



Second Grade. 



FIRST TERM. 

Arithmetic— S utto n and Kim- 
brough's Lower Book to page 40. 

Language — Work prepared by the 
teacher. 

Reading — Stickney's Second Read- 
er. Seaside and Wayside No. 2. 

Spelling — Benson's First Book, 
page 30. 

Writing — Zaner, Ware and Webb's 
copy book, No. 2. 

Drawing— Zaner, Ware and Webb, 
book No. 2. 

Music. 



SECOND TERM. 

Arithmetic— Sutton and Kim- 
brough's Lower Book to page 71 

Language— Work prepared by the 
teaclier. 

Reading— Stickney's Third Read- 
er. Aesop's Fables. 

Spelling — Benson's First Book, 
page 54. 

Writing — Zaner, Ware & Webb's 
copy book, No. 2. 

Drawing— Zaner, Ware & Webb, 
book No. 2. 

Music. 



Third Grade. 



FIRST TERM. 

Language— Hyde's Lessons in En- 
glish, Part I. 

Spelling — Benson's First Book, 
pages 55-73. 

Reading— Stickney's Third. 

Kins^sley's Water Babies. 

Arithmetic— Sutton and Kim- 
brough's, pagei 71-120. 

Geography — Work prepared by 
teacher. 

Writing — No. 3 and work prepared 

by teacher. 
Drawing— Zaner, Ware and Webb, 

Book No. 3. 
Music. 

Milne's Mental 



SECOND TERM. 

Language — Hyde's Lessons in 
English, Part I. 

Spelling— Benson's First Book, 
page 73 to end. 

Eggleston-8 First Steps in Amer- 
ican History, etc. 

Arithmetic — Sutton and Kim- 
brough's, pages 120-139. 

Geography— Rand-McNally's El- 
ementary to page 68. 

Writing — No. 3 and work pre- 
pared by teacher. 

Drawing— Zaner, Ware & Webb, 
Book No. 3. 

Music. 

Arithmetic. 



Intermediate Department. 

This Department includes the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Grades. 

Fourth Grade. 



FIRST TERM. 

Language— Hyde's Lessons in En- 
glish. 

Spelling — Benson's Second Book, 

to page 25. 
Reading — Woodward's Fourth 

Reader. 
Arithmetic— S u 1 1 o n and Kim - 

brough's, Part I, pages 139-156. 
Geography — Rand- McNally's page 

63 to end. 
Lessons in Physiology and Hy- 
giene— Hutchinson. 
Writing— Copy Book No. 4 and 

general practice. 
Drawing— Zaner, Ware & Webb, 

Book No. 4 
Music. 



SECOND TERM. 

Language — Hyde's Lessons in 
English. 

Spelling — Benson's Second Book, 
pages 25-48. 

Reading— Supplementary Read- 
ing — Tanglewood Tales, Haw- 
thorne. 

The King of the Golden River, 
Ruskin. 

Robinson Crusoe. Arranged for 
Schools by W. T. Adams. 

Arithmetic — Sutton and Kim- 
brough's. Part I, pages 157-174. 

Geography — V\'ork prepared by 
teacher. 

History — Eggleston's United 
States, to page 160. 

Writing — Copy Book No. 4 and 
general practice. 

Drawing— Zaner, Ware & Webb, 
Book No. 4. 

Music. 
Milne's Mental Arithmetic, 
Fifth Grade. 

■ PIRST TERM. SECOND TERM, 

Arithmetic — Sutton and Kim- Arithmetic — Sutton and Kim- 
brough's Higher, pages 1-84. brough's Higher, pages 84-129. 



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Grammar— Hyde's, pagjes 1-88. Grammar — Hyde's, pages 88-181. 

Geography — Rand - McNally's Geography — Rand - McNally's 

Grammar School, pages 39-78 Gt'ammar School, pages 78 130. 

Reading— Stickney's Fifth Reader. Reading— Stickney'sFifthReader 

Supplementary— Book or Golden Supplementary— Book of Golden 

Deeds. Deeds. 

Spelling— Benson's Part II, pages Spelling — Benson's Part II, pages 

48-72. 48-72. 

Mental Arithmetic — Milne.. Mental Arithmetic— Milne. 

Writing— Copv Book No. 5, Zaner, Writing— Copy Book No. 5, Zaner, 

Ware and Webb. Ware and Webb. 

Drawing — Book 5, Zaner, ^Va^e & Drawmg — Book 5, Zaner, Ware & 

Webb. Webb. 

Music. Music. 

Note: — The work of the two divisions will be gradually brought 
together in the Fifth Grade. In the Sixth Grade both divisions are 
taught together entirely. 

Sixth Grade. 

Arithmetic— Sutton and Kimbrough's Higher, page 129 to end. 

Grammar — Hyde's Engl sh Grammar, page 181 to end and review. 

History — Penny-backer's History of Texas. 

Spelling— Swinton's Word Analysis. 

Geography— Rand-McNally's Grammar School. First to page 39 and 

from 110 to end. 
Reading— Under Six Flags, Cricket on the Hearth, Christmas 

Carol. 
Drawing — Zaner, Ware and Webb, Book No. 6. 
Writing — Zaner, Ware and Webb, iBook No. 6 and Practice Book. 
Music. 



High School Department. 

This Department is composed of the SevenMi, Eighth, Ninth and 
Tenth Grades, and requires four years of good, solid work, after the 
completion of the Primary and Intermediate Departments, 

In order that pupils may enter the High School they must finish 
thoroughly the other Departments of the schools, or stand satisfactory 
examinations in the studies of the Intermediate Department. How- 
ever, English and Mathematics will constitute the main test. 

In order to graduate from the High School, pupils must complete 
thoroughly one of the required courses, making the required grade on 
each subject. The graduates of the High School, in either course, 
will be allowed to enter the State University without examination, and 
are prepared for the ordinary problems of life. 

We are endeavoring to adjust the High School to -the needs of the 
boys and girls, young Men and young ladies of the city of Gonzales, 



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and Gonzales and adjoining counties. We are prepared to give the 
very best instruction in the High School Department, as each teacher 
in this Department has made special preparation for the work 
assigned them. 

FIRST YEAR. 



Classical Course. 

FIRST TERM. 

English 
Arithmetic 
Algebra 

United States History 
Physiology 
Drawing 

■ SECOND TERM. 

English 

Arithmetic 

Algebra 

United States History 

Civics 

Drawing 

Classical Course. 

FIRST TERM. 

English 

Algebra 

Latin 

History 

Physiography 

Drawing 

SECOND TERM. 

English 

Algebra 

Latin 

Histoi-y • 

Physiography 

Drawing 

Classical Course. 

FIRST TERM. 

English 

Geometry 

Latin 

History 

Physics 

Drawii g 



Modern Language. 

FIRST TERM. 

English 

Arithmetic 

Algebra 

United States History 

Physiology 

Drawing 

SECOND TERM. 

English 

Arithmetic 

Algebra 

United States History 

Civics 

Drawing 

SECOND YEAR. 
Modern Language. 

FIRST TERM. 

English 

Algebra 

Latin 

History 

Physiography 

Drawing 

SECOND TERM. 

English 

Algebra 

Latin 

History 

Physiography 

Drawing 

THIRD YEAR. 
Modern Language. 

FIRST TERM. 

English 

Geometry 

German 

History 

Physics 

Drawing 



Commercial Course. 

FIRST TERM. 

English 

Arithmetic 

Algebra 

United States History 

Physiology 

Drawing 

SECOND TERM. 

English 

Arithmetic 

Algebra 

United States History 

Civics 

Drawing 

Commercial Course. 

FIRST TERM. 

English 

Algebra 

History 

Physiography 

Commercial Arithmetic 

Drawing 

SECOND TERM. 

English 

Algebra 

History 

Physiography 

Commercial Arithmetic 

Drawing 

Commercial Course. 

FIRST TERM. 

English 

Geometry 

History 

Bookkeeping 

Physics 

Drawing 



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SECOND TERM. 

English 

Geometry 

Laiin 

History 

Physics 

Drawing 

Classical Course. 
FIRST TERM. 

English 

Geometry 

Latin 

History 

Mental Science 

Drawing 

SECOND TERM. 

English 

Arithmetic and Algebra 

Latin 

Political Economy 

Moral Science 

Drawing 



SECOND TERM. 

English 

Geometry 

German 

History 

Physics 

Drawing 

FOURTH YEAR. 
Modern Language. 

FIRST TERM. 

English 

Geometry 

German 

History 

Mental Science 

Drawing 

SECOND TERM. 

English 

Arithraeticand Algebra 
German 

Political Economy 
Moral Science 
Drawing 



SECOND TERM. 

English 

Geometry 

History 

Bookkeeping 

Physics 

Drawing 

Commercial Course. 

FIRST TERM. 

English 

History 

Geometry 

Mental Science 

Bookkeeping 

Drawing 

SECOND TERM. 

English 

Political Economy 

Moral Science 

Bookkeeping 

Typewriting 

Drawing 



ENGLISH. 



FIRST YEAR. 

First Term — Whitney and Lockwood's English Grammar; Irving's Life 
ot Columbus. 

Second Term — Whitney and Lockwood's English Grammar; Longfel- 
low's Courtship of Miles Standish; Evangeline; Irving's Legend 
of Sleepy Hollow; Irving's Rip Van Winkle. 

SECOND YEAR. 

First Term— Chittenden's English Composition; Lady of the Lake. 
Second Term — Chittenden's English Composition; Ruskin's Sesame 
and Lillies; Julius Caesar. 

THIRD YEAR. 

First Term— Rhetoric, Quackenbos; The Princess, Tennyson. 
Second term— Rhetoric, Sir Roger De Coverly Papers; Macbeth. 

FOURTH YEAR. 

First and Second Terms— History of English Literature, Halleck; Hales 
Langer English Poems. 



HISTORY. 



FIRST YEAR. 



First Term— United States History, Our Country; Cooper, Esteill and 
Lemon. 

Second Term— Continuation of the first term's work. 

SECOND YEAR. 

First Term — Myer's General History to page 366; Outline maps of 

Greece and Italy; Creasy 's Fifteen Decisive Battles. 
Second Term — Continuation of the first term's wojk. 

THIRD YEAR. 

First Term— Myer's General History from page 366 to end; Gardner's 

Atlas of English History; Creasy 's Fifteen Decisive Battles. 
Second Term— Continuation of the first term's work. 

FOURTH YEAR. 

First Term — Larned's English History; Gardner's Atlas of English 
History; Creasy 's Fifteen Decisive Battles; Outline map of 
England. 

Second Term— English History; Elementary course in Political Econ- 
omy, Walker. 



LA TIN. 



FIRST YEAR. 



First Term— Tuell and Fowler's First Latin Book; Guerber's Myths of 
Greece and Rome; Special Stress on Prounciation by the Roman 
Method, and form work. 

Second Term— Complete First Latin Book, and read Sight Selections. 

SECOND YEAR. 

First Term— Caesar's Gallic War, two books; Collar's Latin Prose 
Composition; Alien and Greenough's Latin Grammar; Guerber's 
Myths. 

Second Term— Caesar, two books; Selections for Sight-reading; Col- 
lar's Latin Prose, Allen and Greenoigh's Latin Grammar. 

THIRD YEAR. 

First Term— Cicero, three orations; Collar's Latin Prose; Selections 
for Sight-reading; Allen and Greenough's Latin Grammar. 

Second Term— Virgil, three books; Sight reading; Work in Wilkin's 
Roman Antiquities; Latin Grammar. 



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SCIENCE. 

FIRST YEAR. 

First Term— Physiology, Hutchinson, Second Book. 
Second Term— Civics, Young. 

SECOND YEAR. 

First Term — Physiography, Davis. 
Second Term — Physiograghy, completed. 

THIRD YEAR. 

First Term — Physics, Carhart and Chute. 
Second Term — Physics, completed. 

FOURTH YEAR. 

First Term— Mental Science, Halleck. 
Second Term — Moral Science, Jenet. 



MATHEMATICS. 



FIRST YEAR. 

First Term— Arithmetic, White's New Complete; Algebra, Milne's 
Elementary; Parallel work prepared by teacher. 

Second Term — Arithmetic, White's New Complete, completed; Alge- 
bra, Milne's Elementary, completed. 

SECOND YEAR. 

First Term — Algebra, Milne's High School. 

Second Term— Algebra, Milne's High School, completed. 

THIRD YEAR. 

First Term— Plane Geometry, Wentworth. 
Second Term — Plane Geometry, completed. 

FOURTH YEAR. 
First Term — Solid Geometry, Wentworth. 
Second Term — Review Arithmetic and Algebra. 



GERMAN. 



FIRST YEAR. 



First Term— Grammar, Joynes Meissner, from first to page 100; Read- 
ing, Marchen und Erzalungen, Part I. 



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Second Term— Grammar, Joynes Meissner, from page 100 to 229; 
Reading, continuation of work in first term. 

SECOND YEAR. 

First Term — Grammar, Joynes Meissner, Part III; Reading, to be se- 
lected; Prose Composition. 

Second Term — Grammar, Joynes Meissner, completed; Reading, to be 
selected; Prose Composition. 

Special stress will be placed on correct pronunciation, and 
idiomatic expressions. 



COMMERCIAL COURSE. 

A very thorough course in the subject of Bookkeeping will be 
offered under the "Commercial Course" as provided in the courses of 
study. This will consist of a course in Commercial Law, Commercial 
Arithmetic, and the latest and best method of Bookkeeping, and one 
term in Typewriting. 

FIRST YEAR. 

First Term— Business Law, Myron T. Bly, Esq. 

Second Term — Business Arithmetic, Williams and Rogers. 

SECOND YEAR. 

First Term— Bookkeeping, Williams and Rogers. 
Second Term — Bookkeeping, continuation of first term. 

THIRD YEAR. 

First Term— Bookkeeping; Commission Business; Department Store 

Business. 
Second Term — Bookkeeping, Manufacturing and Banking. Same 

Text-Book as used in first year's work. Typewriting, Touch 

Method, by E. N. Miner. 



DRAWING. 



FIRST AND SECOND YEARS. 

Drawing— (Zaner, Ware and Webb), Book 7; Supplemented by work 
prepared by the teacher. 

THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS. 

Drawing — (Zaner, Ware and Webb), Book 8; Supplemented by work 
prepared by the teacher. 



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PHYSICAL CULTURE. 

Each teacher will be expected to devote at least ten minutes daily 
to Physical Culture. The object being to develop symmetrically all 
parts of the body, to maintain the health of the pupils, and to cultivate 
ease and grace of manner and movement. 

Indirectly it should greatly aid in discipline and thoroughness of 
work. A Manual for this course will be selected and furnished each 
teacher. 



HUMANE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS. 



The Public School Law of Texas requires that the humane treat- 
ment of animals be taught in the Public Schools. Each teacher will 
spend at least ten minutes each week teaching and impressing this 
subject on the children in their care. 




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Text-Books and Publishers, 

The First Six Grades. 

Stickney's Readers— Ginn & Uo. 

Woodward's Fourth Reader — Woodward & Tierman. 

Benson's Spellers— D. C. Heath & Co. 

Sutton Kimbrough's Arithmetics— D. C. Heath & Co. 

Rand-MoNally's Geographies— Woodward & Tierman. 

Hyde's Lessons In English— D. C. Heath & Co. 

Pennybacker's History of Texas— P. V. Pennybacker. • 

Milne's Mental Arithmetic — American Book Co. 

Swinton's Word Analysis — American Book Co. 

Drawing (Zaner, Ware and Webb)— University Publishing Co. 

Writing (Zaner, Ware and Webb) — University Publishing Co. 

Hutchinson's First Book in Physiology— Maynard, Merrill & Co. 



HIGH SCHOOL. 



First Year. 

Arithmetic (Whites New Complete)— American Book Co. 

Algebra (Milne's Elementary) — American Book Co. 

Grammer (Whitney and Lockwood)— Ginn & Co. 

U. S. History (Cooper, Estill 'ind Lemon)— Ginn & Co. 

Civics (Young'-^ Government Class Book)— Maynard, Merrill & Co. 

Science (Hutchinson's Physiology and Hygien)— Maynard Merrill & Co. 

Drawing (Zaner, Ware and Webb, Book 7)— University Publishing Co. 

Second Year. 

English (Chitt nden's English Composition)— S. C. Griggs & Co. 

Algebra (Milnes High School) — American Book Co. 

Latin (Tuell & Fowler's First Book)— Benj. H. Sanborn & Co. 

History (Myer's General)— Ginn & Co. 

Science (Davis' Physical Geography)— Ginn & Co. 

Drawing, Book 7 (Zaner, Ware and Webb)— University Publishing Co. 

Commercial Law (Myron T. Bly)— American Book Co. 

Commercial Arithmetic (William & Rogers)— American Book Co. 

Third Year. 

Englisli (Quackenbos' Rhetoric) — American Book Co. 
Geometry ( Wentworth's Plane)— Ginn & Co. 
Latin, Ceasar (Allen & Greenough) — Ginn & Co. 

Collar's Prose Composition — Ginn & Co. 

Allen & Greenough's Grammar— Ginn & Co. 



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History (Myer's General)— Ginn & Co. 

Physics (Uarhart & Chute)— Allyn & Bacon. 

Bookkeeping (Williams & Rogers) — American Book Co. 

German Grammar (Joynes Meissner) — 

German Reader (Marchen und Erzalungen) — 

Drawing, Book 8 (Zaner, Ware and Webb)— University Publishing Co. 

Fourth Year. 

English Literature (Halleck)— American Book Co. 

Hales Longer English Poems — McMillan & Co. 
Geometry (Wentworth's Solid)— Ginn & Co. 
Cicero (Allen & Greenough) — Ginn & Co. 
Virgil (Allen & Greenough) — Ginn & Co. 
Mental Science (Halleck)— American Book Co. 
Moral Science (Jenet) — American Book Co. 
English History (Larned) — Houghton Miflin & Co. 
Drawing, Book 8 (Zaner, Ware & Webb)— University Publishing Co. 

Supplementary Reading for High School. 

Irving's Life of Columbus; Irving's Legend of Sleepy Hollow; Irving's 

Rip Van Winkle- 
Longfellow's Courtship of Miles Standish; Longfellow's Evangeline — 

Education Publishing Co. 
Lady of the Lake (Scott)— Ginn & Co. 
Sesame and Lillies (Ruskin) — U. S. Book Co. 
Julius Caesar (Shakespeare, Hudson Edition) — Ginn & Co. 

The Princess (Tennyson). 

Sir Roger De Coverly Papers. 

Macbeth (Shakespeare). 

Note: — Any good edition of the above classics will be satisfactory, 
even where a certain edition is given. 



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General Statements, 



ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS. 

The University of Texas has made arrangements to give entrance 
examinations at the aflSliated high schools. This saves the expense of 
going to Austin. 

This examination is given each year in the Gonzales High School 
building the fourth Wednesday in May. 

The questions are sent from the University, sealed, to the Princi- 
pal of an affiliated school, and are not opened until the day of the ex- 
amination, and then in presence of the applicants. 

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES. 

Our graduates enjoy the honor as well as privilege of entering the 
University without examination. Those who have attended the Uni- 
versity from our High School have made good records, and we have 
several there now who are keeping up the record. 

Also, a scholarship in the University is offered the graduate of 
each affiliated high school making the highest yearly average during 
their graduating year. This scholarship exempts the one receiving it 
from matriculation or tuition fees. Young men and ladies who expect 
to attend the University from Gonzales or adjoining counties should 
avail themselves of the course in Gonzales High School before making 
an effort to enter there. We are now affiliated in English, History, 
Mathematics, Latin and German. 

LIBRARY. 

We have in our library about one thousand books, consisting of 
book i for the teachers on a pedagogical line; reference books which 
the students are required to consult freely, especially those of the 
High School Department; and a circulating library consisting of a 
choice selection of standard novels and poetry, also stories suited for 
the children in the lower grades. 

We have a splendid system of directing the reading of those 
allowed to procure books. 

We believe that education does not consist so much in a knowledge 
of text- books as in a love for reading the works of the best authors 
and writers. In the past the citizens of Gonzales have contributed 
liberally to the library. They are to be commended, for it indicates 
intelligence and broadness of mind on the part of our people. If in 
the few years your children attend the public schools, we do nothing 
more than to teach them to read intelligently and inculcate a love for 
reading good books, our earnest, patient labors will have been re- 
warded, and your children benefitted more than is possible for you to 
ever know. 



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Good books are the greatest moral restraints that we have for the 
boys and girls. Parents should not spare an effort to procure a selec- 
tion of choice books for the home library. Teach your children to ap- 
preciate them, make the room used for reading just as attractive, 
comfortable and pleasant as possible. Then your children will find 
comfort and pleasure in their books, and in their own pleasant homes, 
instead of seeking it elsewhere 

LIBRARY RULES. 

1. The librarian shall keep a complete list of the books in this 
library. 

2. Books can be drawn out but once in two weeks, one at a time 
on such days as the librarian may appoint. 

3. Only teachers and enrolled pupils are entitled to the free use 
of these books, but all graduates paying fifty cents per term will oe 
equally privileged. 

4. This library will be opened once every week during vacation 
at such a time as the librarian may appoint, and all former pupils upon 
payment of a fee of fifty cents will have the privilege of using the 
books. 

5. No reference book must be carried from the building under 
any pretext, and not from the library — only during school hours, and 
then by a teacher or with the permission of a teacher. 

LIBRARIAN. 

1. The librarian shall be elected by the Board of Trustees for a 
term of one year. The election shall lake place at the same time as 
the election of teachers. 

2. The librarian shall receive Five Dollars per month, to be paid 
by the Trustees at the same time and manner as teachers' salaries. 

MUSIC DEPARTMENT. 

This Department is kept up by tuition for music, and is under the 
direction of the authorities of the city schools, and the Trustees will 
reserve the right to, at least, approve the rate of tuition, etc. 

Music is important in the education of both girls and boys, and 
should be encouraged and emphasized. This can be done better under 
the direct management of the schools. 



Expenses, 

Tuition. 

PRIMARY DEPARTMENT. 

First Grade, per month ^ 

Second Grade, per month ^ : #2.00 

Third Grade, per month J 



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INTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT. 

Fourth Grade, per month j 

Fifth Grade, per month .12.75 

Sixtli Grade, per month j 

HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT. 

First Year, per month ] 

Second Year, per month I ^ 

Third Year, per month | *^-'^0 

Fourth Year, per month ) 

MUSIC DEPARTMENT. 

Music, per month $4.00 

BOARD. 

Board can be obtained in the best private families for from Ten to 
Fifteen dollars per montli. It is possible for worthy boys and young 
men to arrange to pay part or all of their board by working some in 
the evenings and mornings for families with whom they board. This 
arrangement has been made by several young men who have attended 
school here during the last few years. 

TRANSFERS. 

Tranfers from othpr parts of the county are allowed to attend the 
last five months of the session without any extra charge. For the first 
four months they will be charged the above rates of tuition unless 
otherwise arranged with the Board of Trustees. 

Those living outside the city limits, who expect to patronize the 
school here, should have their children transferred before the first day 
of September, as that is the limit of the time within which they may 
be transferred. See to this if you want the benefit of your public 
money. 

TEACHERS. 

Each Department of our schools is in charge of good teachers. 
Our teachers have made special preparation for their work. They 
are selected with a view to their qualifications and fitnes." for the 
special class of work assigned them. The Trustees have found it nec- 
essary to employ some additional teachers for the white schools, and 
the indications are that it will be necessary to increase the teaching 
force again at the opening of the session. 

HIGH SCHOOL. 

As will be noticed in the Course of Study, we will offer three dif- 
ferent courses in the High School Department next year. 

Either of these courses will prepare pupils to enter the State Uni- 



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versity without examination. At the same time the Commercial 
Course leaves out Latin and German and pives special emphasis to 
Commercial Arithmetic, Commercial Law, Bookkeeping and Type- 
writing. So our course of study well completed will prepare our 
pupils to enter higher institutions of learning, to teach in the public 
schools of the State successfully, or gives them a foundation for other 
professions. 

The Commercial Course especially fits those completing it for a 
successful business career. 

We are striving to build up our schools in general, and especially 
the High School. It is to be lamented that so few of the children who 
enter the public schools finisli the entire course. It is not the great 
number who enter the Primary Grades nor the large attendance that 
indicates the best and most effective work in a public school, but the 
number who finish the entire course. It is a problem under the pres- 
ent system of graded schools to keep children through, the High 
School. 

REGULAR ATTENDANCE. 

The importance of regular attendance cannot be too strongly em- 
phasized. The loss on account of a few days' absence is almost irre- 
parable. If possible each pupil should be present at the beginning ot 
the session and remain until the close of the year. Irregular pupils not 
only hurt themselves, but are hurtful to regular pupils and the school 
in general. We have quite a large list tjf pupils who were neither ab- 
sent nor tardy during last session. Try to add yuur child to this num- 
ber during next session. 

CO-OPERATION. 

\A'e earnestly solicit a continuation of tne sympathy and help of the 
patrons of the schools as we have had for the past six years. We are 
striving to direct the schoo's in such a manner as to make them of 
greatest benefit to the children, parents and town. Our schools are 
conceded to be second to none in the State. The Board of Trustees are 
faithful in the performance of their duties and do not believe in half 
doing things. They are highly intelligent business men, able to direct 
the schools for the best interest of all concerned. Visit the schools 
from time to time and investigate for yourself. We are always glad to 
have parents and friends visit us and talk over matters pertaining to 
their children and the school in general. You will receive courteous 
treatment at all times when you come, and you will benefit your child- 
ren and inspire the teachers by showing that you take an interest in 
their work. 

To the Teachers of Gonzales County, 

We realize that there are a nmnber of teachers who would like to 
better their condition in the way of salary and position. Have you 



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thought of it? By economy of time you can raise your certificate in a 
short time by attending some good sciiool after your school closes. 
When your school is out come to Gonzales High School, we will help 
you to do what you desire, and what you ought by all means to accom- 
plish. There is a demand for progressive teachers, who are up-to- 
date, abreast with educational ideas of the times. 

For any further information address any member of the Board of 
Trustees or the Superintendent. 



By-Laws of the Board of Trustees, 



Section, l. The regular meeting of the Board shall be on the 
first Thursday of each month at 4 o'clock p. m. in the Superintendent's 
office in the High School building. 

Special meetings of the Board may be held upon call of the 
President. 

Sec. 2. The regular officers of the Board of Trustees shall be a 
President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and an Assistant Secretary. The 
President, Secretary and Treasurer shall be elected at the first regular 
meeting after the first Saturday in May every year. The office of 
Assistant Secretary shall be filled by the 'Superintendent. 

At the same time the following standing committees shall be ap- 
pointed by the President: Teachers, Course of Study, and Text- 
Books; Rules, Grievances, and Complaints; Buildings, Purchase, and 
Repairs; Finance, Claims, and Accounts. The Committee on Teach- 
ers, Course of Study, and Text Books shall consist of the President, 
one other member, and the Supeiintendent; the Committee on Finance, 
Claims, and Account- shall consist of two members and the President. 
The other committees shall consist of two members and the President. 
The President shall be ex officio chairman of each committee. 

Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the Pres-ident to preside at all 
meetings of the Board, preserve order, enforce the rules, sign all war- 
rants drawn on the Treasurer, and appoint all committees when not 
otherwise provided for. In case of absence or disability of the Presi- 
dent, a President pro tern shall be elected by the Board, who sha 1 per- 
form the duties of the President. 

Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to record the pro- 
ceedings of the Board in a book kept for that purpose, and to preserve 
carefully all books and papers belonging to the Board He shall keep 
the books and accounts of the Board in such a manner as designated 
by the Board. In the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant Secre- 
tary shall'act as Secretary. 

Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to pay all warrants 
drawn on him as Treasurer and signed by the President. He shall 



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keep a correct account of all moneys received and disbursed by him, 
subject to the inspection of any member of the Board. He shall make 
an annual account at the end of each scholastic year to the Board of 
Trustees, and he shall make financial reports at such other times as 
the Board may order. 

Sec. 6. The duties of the Standing Committees shall be as follows: 

(1). The Committee on Finance, Claims, and Accounts shall con- 
tract for and purchase all supplies for the schools; shall examine and 
pass upon bills and claims against the Board, attend to insuring the 
school property, make out a financial statement at the close of the 
year, which shall be inserted in the annual report, and shall attend to 
such other financial matters as the Board may require. 

(2). The Committee on Rules, Grievances, and Complaints shall 
report such changes in the rules as may be needed; shall investigate 
all grievances and complaints that may be brought to them by teach- 
ers or parents and report result of investigations to the Board; shall 
examine the Superintendent's report at close of year and attend to 
the publication of an annual report. 

(3). The Committee on Buildings, Purchase, and Repairs shall 
examine the school buildings from time to time and make such repairs 
as are needed, and purchase such supplies as may be needed in the 
way of fwrniture, fuel, apparatus, etc. 

(4). The Committee on Teachers, Course of Study, and Text- 
Books shall investigate the qualifications of applicants for positions 
and report to the Board, and they shall report such changes in the 
course of study and text- books as may be required for the advance- 
ment of the schools. 

Sec. 7. Four members shall constitute a quorum for the trans- 
action of business of the Board. 

Sec. 8. Upon the call of any two members present the yeas and 
nays may be taken. 

Sec. 9. The Board may elect Superintendent, teachers, and jan- 
itor at any time they may designate after the first Saturday in May. 
The parties elected shall hold their positions for one year. The sal- 
aries will be fixed at the time of election and may not be changed dur- 
ing the time for which the parties are elected. 

Sec. 10. Persons elected or appointed to any position by the 
Board may be removed by a majority vote of all the members of the 
Board. The Board shall, except in extreme cases, notify a teacher 
three weeks in advance of removal; and a teacher wishing to resign 
must give, if practicable, three weeks notice of such wish. 

Sec. 11. The Board, at the regular meeting in May, of each year, 
must act upon the notice sent by teachers and must notify the teach- 
ern, through the Secretary of the Board, within ten days after the 
time of meeting, what action has been taken. These notices of the 
teachers must be sent in writing to the President of the Board of Trus- 



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tees, on or before Monday following the first Saturday in May of each 
year, and shall stafe whether the teachers intend to remain the follow- 
ing year, any changes they may wish in the work, rules, etc. 

Sec. 12. One member of the Board shall visit the schools each 
week. The President shall be first, the Secretary next, and the others 
in the order designated by the President. On Monday of each week 
the Assistant ."-ecretary shall notify the member whose time it is 
to visit. 

Sec. 13. The Assistant Secretary shall call the attention of each 
member of the Board to the regular meeting, not later than 2 p. m. of 
the day of the meeting 

Sec. 14. The order of business shall be as follows: 
(1) Reading minutes of previous meeting. (2) Reports of stand- 
ing committees. (3) Reports of special committees. (4) Memorials 
and petitions. (5) Resolutions. (6) Unfinished business. (7) Mis- 
cellaneous business. (8) Adjournment. 

Sec. 15. Any motion to amend these By-Laws shall be made at 
a regular meeting, and then lie over until the next regular meeiing. 



Rules and Regulations. 



GENERAL RULES. 

1. The schools shall be divided into three Departments — Primary, 
Intermediate, High School. The Primary Department shall comprise 
the first three years of the child's school life, and shall consist of the 
first, second and third grades. The Intermediate Department shall 
comprise the next three years of the child's school life and shall consist 
of the fourth, fifth and sixth grades. The High School Department shall 
comprise the last four years of the child's school life in the public 
schools, and shall consist of the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth 
grades. The work of each Department shall be such as may be pre- 
scribed in the Course of Study. 

2. The schools shall open on the second Monday in September 
and continue in session nine months, or thirty-six weeks, inclusive of 
all vacations and holidays. Thpi schools shall be conducted as free 
schools the full nine months by the patrons supplementing the school 
fund with a tuition fee of two dollars for each child. No child, on ac- 
count of poverty, shall be excluded from school. By vote of Board of 
Trustees, those children whose parents are too poor to pay the tuition 
fee shall be permitted to attend free. 

3. The session shall be divided into two terms, the first consisting 
of four scholastic months, and the second, five. 

4. The schools shall be closed on Thanksgiving and the day fol- 



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lowing, one week at Christmas, one day at the end of the first term, 
the 21st of April, and on such other days as the Boafd may see fit. The 
teachers shall receive pay for all holidays and vacations. 

5. There shall be one daily session extending from 8:30 a. m. 
until 3:30 p. m. In very bad weather the schools may be closed at 
1:00 p. m. 

6. The recesses shall be as follows: Prom 10:30 to 10:45; from 
12:00 to 12:30; from 2:00 to 2:15. In bad weather the recesses may be 
10 minutes in the forenoon, 15 minutes at noon, and 5 minutes in the 
afternoon. The first grade may be given such rests as the teacher 
may think necessary. 

7. Pupils shall undergo written examinations at the close of each 
term upon the work covered up to the time of the examination; but 
no pupil who has not been present the last month of the year shall be 
permitted to take the Final Examination at close of year, except by 
special permission of the Board of Trustees, upon recommendation of 
the Superintendent and teachers. The teacher shall keep a record of 
the pupil's daily work, and shall make out a record at the end of each 
month. A term average shall be made from the examination and 
record of daily work. A general record shall be made at the close of 
the year from the term averages. Deportment, attendance and punc- 
tuality shall be counted the same as studies. 

8. The regular promotion of pupils shall be made at the beginning 
of each school year, but special promotions may be made at the dis- 
cretion of the Superintendent and teachers. Pupils in the Primary 
and Intermediate Departments shall be credited to higher grades at 
the close of each year's work by Board of Trustees as fol'ows: (1) 
Pupils whose record for fall nine months is a general average of 70 per 
cent or more, and not below 50 per cent in any branch, shall be cred- 
ited without question; (2) pupils whose record for less than nine 
months is a general average of 75 per cent, and not below 55 per cent 
in any branch, shall be credited without question, provided they have 
taken the final examination^ ; (3) pupils whose record is a general 
average of 65 per cent or more, but less than 75 per cent, and not be- 
low 40 per cent in any branch may be credited upon recommendation 
of the teacher and Superintendent. 

9. The Board of Trustees at the June meeting shall appoint a 
teacher for summer school work. Pupils who have failed of promo- 
tion in but one or two studies, upon recommendation of Superintend- 
ent and teachers, may have the privilege of attending this school and 
bringing up their studies. Such of these pupils as may be recommend- 
ed by the summer teacher, after consulting with the President and 
Superintendent, as sufficiently prepared to do the work, may be per- 
mitted to go on in the fall with the grades to which they would have 
been promoted in the spring, provided they enter at the beginning of 
the term. 



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10. The rate of tuition per month shall be as follows: 
Grade 1 i Grade 4] 

Grade 2 $2.00 Grade 5 !$2.75 

Grade 3 J Grade 6 J 

High School (Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Grades) #3.50 

A reduction of ten per cent, from the above rates of tuition will be 
allowed those who pay for the entire year in advance. Those trans- 
ferring from other districts will be allowed the same reduction pro- 
vided they pay the first four months in advance. 

All tuition shall be paid in advance on or before the entrance of 
the pupil into the school, and monthly in advance thereafter, and no 
pupil shall be allowed to continue in attendance on the school longer 
than one week without payment of tuition as herein provided. Should 
any pupil, chargeable with tuition, fail to pay such tuition for one 
week after due as aforesaid, it will be the duty of the teacher to report 
same to the Superintendent, who shall at once cause said pupil to with- 
draw from the school, to return when the tuition is paid. All money 
for tuition shall be paid to the teacher of the one paying, and the 
teacher shall immediately pay over the same to the Superintendent, 
who shall give a receipt for the same to parent or guardian, and also 
to the teacher, provided, that i" case of sickness of any pupil contin- 
uing two weeks or longer the money shall be refunded for the time lost. 

11. All children between the ages of eight and sixteen years, 
whose parents or guardian are bona fide residents of the city of Gon- 
zales, and whose names appear upon the scholastic census of this city, 
shall be entitled to attend the free school term without charge of tui- 
tion. All others will pay tuition as noted in Section 10, or they will be 
referred to the President of the Board of Trustees, who will make 
proper inquiries into their rights, and report the result of his inquiries 
to the Board for its action. 

12. The bell shall be rung as follows: 8:00, warning call; 8:30, 
entering call; 9:00, lardy taps; at 10:30, 12:00 and 2:00 warning will be 
given for the beginning of the recesses, and also at 10:45, 12:30 and 
2:15 for the closing of the recesses. The teacher* will be notified three 
minutes before each recess that they may prepare pupils for dismissal; 
also, the pupils will be notified two minutes before the close of each 
recess. The ivarning call at 8:00 shall be rung five minutes, and the 
entering call two minutes. The tardy taps shall be three in numbei", 
beginning two minutes oefore 9:00 and ending at 9:00. 

13. The Superintendent shall call a meeting of the teachers Sat- 
urday morning at 9:00 preceding the opening of the school in the fall 
for the purpose of preparing for the opening day, and for such other 
work as may be required to be done at that time. 

14. At the opening of the session the Board of Trustees shall 
select a supernumerary teacher, whose duty it shall be to visit the 
schools from time to time and be prepared to take charge of any room 



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in case of absence of the teacher, and who shall receive such compen- 
sation as the Board may deem just. 

15. No settees, chairs, apparatus, etc., shall be taken from the 
school premises. 

16. No one shall be permitted to enter the High School buildings 
or grounds, except during the time school is actually in session, from 
8:00 a. m. to 3:30 p. m. without written permission from the President 
of the Board of Trustees; said permission to be addressed to the Jani- 
tor. This rule does not apply to the Superintendent, Teachers or 
Trustees. 

17. The following system will be used in grading the pupils of 
the High School: E. (Excellent) will denote from 90 to 100; G. (Good) 
from 80 to 90; S. (Satisfactory) from 70 to 80; I. (Indifferent) from 65 
to 70; U. (Unsatisfactory) below 65. A pupil who falls below 65 on any 
subject will be required to take the same subject the following year, 
or satisfactory examination. 

SUPERINTENDENT. 

1. The Superintendent is the executive officer of the Board of 
Trustees and he shall act under its advice and direction. He may at- 
tend the meetings of the Board to advise with the Board with refer- 
ence to school matters. 

2. He shall make monthly reports to the Board, showing the 
standing of the school for each month. He shall make an annual re- 
port containing such matters as the Board may direct. 

3. He shall inform himself on the school system of our State, 
and he shall study the workings of other schools, so that he may better 
be able to keep the schools under his care in a first-class condition. 

4. It shall be his duty to supervise the schools and see that the 
rules and regulations are faithfully carried out. 

5. He shall carefully observe the teaching and discipline of the 
teachers and shall report to the Board of Trustees whenever he shall 
find any teacher deficient or incompetent in the discharge of their 
duties. 

6. He shall, in connection with his teachers, arrange work for 
teachers' institute. 

7. He shall have, under the direction of the Board of Trustees, 
supervision of all the public school books, school houses, apparatus, 
library, etc 

8. He shall have power to suspend pupils for neglect of duty, 
irregular attendance, insubordination or violation of rules. 

9. All complaints and gi'ievances of parents shall be made in 
person to the Superintendent. 

10. The Superintendent shall set aside from 8:30 to 9:00 each 



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Monday forenoon to attend to reported pupils and to such other mat- 
ters as the teachers may have on hand. 

11. He shall make a monthly report to the Board of the absence 
or tardiness of teachers, either from school duties or attendance upon 
the institute. 

12. The Superintendent shall make all orders for books. No book, 
regular or supplementary, shall be ordered or used without his ap- 
proval. 

TEACHERS. 

1. Teachers shall be in the school building at 8:30 a. m. each day, 
and they must not leave the building before all the pupils are dismissed 
without the permission of the Superintendent, and not then except 
in case of sickness or urgent reasons. They shall register in the Super- 
intendent's office when they first come to the building and when they 
leave. They shall see that their rooms are in proper condition for the 
reception of pupils, in cleanliness, temperature, work, ect., and in fair 
condition upon the leaving of pupils. 

2. Any teacher who may be unable to attend to school duties 
shall notify the Superintendent, who shall notify the supernumerary 
teacher to take charge of the room; in no case must the absent teacher 
request some one to take his place, but the matter must be wholly left 
to the Superintendent. The absent teacher shall forfeit his salary for 
the days he is absent unless otherwise ordered by the Board. The 
party doing the work shall receive such compensation as the Board 
deems right. 

3. They shall practice such discipline in their rooms as would be 
exercised by a kind and iudicious parent in his family— always firm and 
vigilant, but prudent. They shall endeavor on all proper occasions to 
impress upon the minds of their pupils the principles of morality and 
virtue, a sacred regard for truth, love of God, love of man, sobriety, 
industry and frugality. But ro teacher shall exercise any sectarian 
influence in school. 

4. They shall pay special attention to the use and abuse of the 
school furniture, buildings, etc., and shall report any injuries at once 
to the Superintendent. 

5. They shall exercise a vigilent care over the pupils on the play 
ground, and, as far as possible, on their going to and from school. 
When the weather is quite inclement, pupils may remain in their 
rooms, but the teacher must not permit them to engage in rough or 
boisterous play. 

6 They shall permit no disorderly conduct at any time in their 
rooms, nor shall they permit pupils to remain alone in their rooms. 

7. They shall devote themselves during school hours exclusively 
to the instruction of their pupils, maintain good order, and strictly ad- 



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here to the course of study and text-books prescribed by the Board. 

8. They shall attend carefully to the ventilation and temperature 
of their rooms. 

9 The teachers may be allowed to use corporal punishment, with 
Superintendent's permission, in presence of Superintendent or some 
one of the teachers, but never in presence of the school or room; 
the same to be reported to the parent or guardian in detail, stating 
offense, instrument used, severity, etc. Also must be reported to 
Superintendent in the same form, provided he is not present, and he 
shall report to the President of Board; these reports to be made on the 
day of the punishment, if possible. Corporal punishment must not be 
administered except in extreme cases of misconduct, stubbornness, etc. 
The President will report to the Board, and it shall become a matter 
of discussion at their next meeting. 

10. Teachers shall not detain pupils after school. They shall not 
"keep in" at recess. If found necessary to speak to a pupil concern- 
ing order, work, care of property, etc., a teacher may detain such 
pupil for a short time. 

11. Each teacher shall, within two weeks after the commence- 
ment of each terra, make out a program and place it in some conspici- 
ous place in his room, and shall give a copy to the Superintendent. 
Any change in this program must- be made with the consent of the 
Superintendent. 

12. The opening exercises shall be such as each teacher may 
desire. 

13. They shall see that the pupils are regular in their attendance 
upon the school, and shall notify the Superintendent of pupil's non- 
attendance. 

14. They shall keep a register in which shall be recorded the 
name, age, residence and parentage of pupils, and name of parent or 
gardian, also the date of entering and quitting of each pupil, ;ind the 
cause of the pupil's quitting school. They shall keep a record of the 
attendance, scholarship and deportment ot each pupil, a monthly re- 
port of which shall be sent to the parent or guardian, and by him 
signed and returned to the teacher. 

15. They shall send no pupils upon errands not pertaining to the 
business affairs of the school. 

16. They shall not permit solicitations for subscriptions to con- 
tributions, nor the reading or distribution of advertisements in any 
room or on the grounds, nor shall they permit any agent or other per- 
son to enter the rooms or grounds for the purpose of exhibiting any 
book, map or article of apparatus, or to announce any public enter- 
tainment, except by special authority of the President and Board. 

17. They shall not permit in their presence any pupil or pupils to 
criticise unfavorably the character, conduct or acts of any teacher 



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employed in the schools, and any teacher who shall, by word or act, 
endeavor to undermine the authority, discipline or influence of a 
teacher, will be liable to be discharged from service in the schools. 

18. They shall see that the pupils under their charge distinctly 
understand and faithfully observe all the rules relating to pupils. 

19. They shall follow out such plans and work as the Superin- 
tendent may give them. 

20. They shall remain after school at any time the Superin- 
tendent may wish, but they shall not be detained longer than thirty 
minutes. 

21. They must give up their rooms to the Janitor each day with- 
in fifteen minutes after the close of school, except incase of necessary 
work to be done, when they may retain them thirty minutes. If they 
wish them longer than thirty minutes they must get permission from 
the Superintendent. 

22. No teacher shall be allowed to employ his time outside of 
school hours in any manner which will interfere with his efficiency or 
usefulness as a teacher in the public schools. 

23. Teachers must not gather at any time in the halls, nor shall 
they visit one another's rooms unless upon special school matters. 
They must go to their places when the recess morning bell rings to be 
prepared to see that the pupils form lines and enter the building prop- 
erly when the raarching-in bell rings. 

24. Teachers shall not receive any presents from their pupils, 
nor allow collections to be taken up for such purposes. 

25. Teachers of each department shall, in turn, be present on the 
grounds with the pupils at recess. 

26. Teachers are presumed to be able to govern their individual 
rooms. They are not expected to send pupils to the Superintendent, 
or call him in, except in extreme cases. In case it becomes necessary 
to seek aid from the Superintendent the offense must be stated to 
him by the teacher, but ihe teacher shall never suggest the mode of 
punishment. 

27. It shall be the duty of all male teachers to spend the inter- 
missions on the grounds with the boys, and see that the rules and reg- 
ulations are faithfully observed. 

28. Each teacher shall make a monthly report to the Superin- 
tendent on such particulars as the Superintendent may ask. Also each 
teacher in white schools and the principal of the other schools shall 
make an annual report to the Superintendent on the same items as the 
Superintendent is required to make to the State Superintendent. The 
monthly report shall be handed to the Superintendent not later than 
Tuesday of the first week of the month. The annual report not later 
than one week after school closes. 



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29. Each teacher shall make out a course of study for their 
grades during the last month of school each year subject to the ap- 
proval of the Superintendent. This to be used in annual report. 

30. All teachers employed by the Board for the white schools 
shall have a first grade or permanent certificate. Teachers for Mexican 
and colored schools shall have a second or higher grade. 

PUPILS. 

1. All pupils upon their admission to the school shall be properly 
registered, and shall attend the rooms to which they have been 
assigned by the Superintendent. Pupils entering the schools for the 
first time must be examined orally by the Superintendent and assigned 
to such grades as he may think proper; the teacher shall then give 
such pupils a written examination. From this written examination 
the pupils will be placed by the Superintendent in the grades to which 
they are fitted. 

2. They are required to furnish all necessary books and station- 
ery used in their classes, in default of which they shall not continue 
in school. 

3. Pupils absent more than four days in four consecutive weeks, 
without good excure, may be suspended. The only excuse considered 
good shall be sickness or some urgent cause, making attendance or 
punctuality almost impossible. The excuse must be given in writing 
by the parent or guardian. Pupils who come twice without the writ- 
ten excuse may return for it. 

4. Pupils tardy four times or more in four consecutive weeks 
may be suspended. No excuse shall be received for tardiness. Tardy 
pupils must be sent at once to the Superintendent, who shall enter 
f h ejr paniRs in a tardy book. 

5. No pupil^shalL be^^erjnitted to leave school before the end of 
day's session, save in case of tickness, witliout a written request 

from parents and by consent of the Superintendent. No pupil shall 
be v^ti^fij^f a llv^ so excused without a permit from the Board. A pupil 
excused for sickness must on his return to school present a notice from 
his parent or guardian, stating the time the pupil n ached home on the 
day excused. 

'6. Pupils must be cleanly in person and clothing, and each must 
keep his desk and part of the floor in a neat condition. 

7. Pupils injuring any desk, or other school property, shall pay 
full damages, or leave school, and shall not be allowed to re-enter 
school, except by vote of the Board. 

8. No teacher, pupil, nor janitor shall be permitted to use tobac- 
co, in any form, on or about the school premises. 

9. Any pupil who shall, in or about the school premises, write or 
use profane or obscene language, or who shall draw or carve any ob- 



scene pictures or reprtisi^ntatioiis, or who shall carry firearms or other 
deadly weapons, shall be liable to suspension or expulsion at the dis- 
cretion of the Superintendent and Board. 

10. Pupils must not throw missies, stones, sticks, etc., and pieces 
of their lunch on the school premises nor on the roads adjoining the 
school grounds 

11. During the regular exercise of the school pupils shall abstain 
entirely from communicating with each other by signs, writing or 
speaking, unless by special permission of the teacher in charge. 

12. Pupils shall not be permitted to enter the school grounds 
before the first bell at 8:00 o'clock nor will they be permitted to enter 
the school building until 8:30, except in bad weather, when they may 
be permitted to enter when they come. 

13. Pupils must not remain outside school grounds after the 
first bell at 8:00, nor remain on the school grounds after the call at 
8:30, nor loiter around the school grounds after the regular school 
hours. 

14. All pupils shall go directly to and from school, and shall ab- 
stain from playing and quarreling by the way. 

15. If any pupil, through irregularity in attendance, or from any 
other cause, fails to retain his standing in the grade to which he 
belongs he may be reduced to a lower grade. 

16. Pupils who are absent from any examination must take the 
examination when they retarn, unless otherwise ordered by the teach- 
ers and Superintendent. 

17. Any pupil who is absent five successive days and does not 
return on the sixth day shall be considered as withdrawn from school. 

18. All cases of suspension shall be made by the Superintendent 
who shall immediately notify, in writing, the parent or guardian, and 
the Board ot Trustees, through their President, stating the cause for 
suspension. 

19. The pupils must, in all cases, be obedient and respectful to 
their teachers, aud polite in their intercourse with each other. They 
must be diligent in study, prompt in recitation, and of good behavior 
during the recesses, and in coming to and from school. Neglect of 
any of the above, from carelessness or ill-feeling, shall be good cause 
for suspension. 

20. A pupil absent five days or more in one month must be sent 
to the Superintendent, and if satisfactory excuse cannot be given he 
shall be suspended, or the parent or guardian must see the Superin- 
tendent. All such pupils must be sent to the Superintendent on the 
first Monday of the following month after the absence. 

21. A pupil whose work or deportment falls below 40 in any 
week, or who is engaged m any serious disorder, shall be reported to 



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the Superintendent. Three such times shall cause the parent to be 
notified; if a second notice is necessary the parent must come to the 
school building to see the teacher; a third notice shall cause the parent 
to see the Superintendent in his office; a fourth notice shall cause the 
parent to call upon the President 6f the Board at bis office: upon a 
fifth notice the pupil shall be suspended; a sixth notice shall cause the 
pupil's expulsion. If the parent expresses himself as unwilling to aid 
the teacher, ihen the matter shall be referred at once to the next 
higher in authority. If the Parent, when referred to the Board, per- 
sists in his unwillingness to aid the teacher, then the pupil shall be ex- 
pelled by the Board. 

22. A pupil dropping out of school during a term, upon his enter- 
ing the following year shall be placed iii the grade or division to which 
he belonged at the time of stopping, but such pupil shall be entitled, 
if he so desires, to take a written examinatin for the next higher grade 
or division, wherein he must be placed if his papers show that he can 
do the work in that grade or division. 

23. A pupil fighting on the way to and from school for the first 
offense must go before the Superintendent; for the second offense, 
before the President of the Board; for the third offense, before the 
Board of Trustees assembled; for fourth offense, be expelled. The 
parent or guardian must be informed at once, in writing by the Sup- 
erintendent, of the pupil's offense and penalty. 

24. Pupils shall be governed in all details of conduct not specified 
in these rules and regulations by such rules as may be prescribed by 
the Board of Trustees, by the Superintendent or by the teachers. 

25. Boarding pupils, pupils with weak eyes, and those physically 
unable to do the work may be allowed to take part of one of the pre- 
scribed courses, and shall receive credit for all work completed The 
Superintendent shall investigate each applicant's claim under the 
above rule, and decide whether or not it is necessary to allow the de- 
parture from the regular rules of the school. 

26. Pupils will not be allowed to leave the grounds to take music 
or other lessons during the regular daily session. They may take 
music one-half hour each day from the music teacher employed by 
the Board of Trustees. The time will be arranged by the music teach- 
er and the teacher in charge, subject to the approval of the Superin- 
tendent. 

27. All pupils are required to do the prencribed drawing course, 
unless they present a certificate from an oculist, stating that drawing 
will actually injure their eyes. 

28. All pupils in the High School who make an average of 90 or 
more in their daily work for the term on any subject, will be excused 
from taking examination on that subject. 



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JANITOR. 

1. He shall thoroughly sweep every school room, hal! and stair- 
way daily, and with cloth or feather brush, shall remove all dust every 
morning from the desks, tables, seats, chairs, etc. 

2. He shall keep the sidewalks and yard clean and in good order 
at all times. 

3. He shall have sole management of the heating apparatus of 
the buildings, acting under the direction of the Superintendent, and 
shall report to the Board any defects in same. 

4. He shall attend personally to the closing and securing of all 
windows and doors of the buildings, and keep the gates closed at all 
times when not required to be open for school use, and the fences and 
buildings free from marks. 

5. If necessary, he shall wash the floors, stairs, wainscoating, 
and windows just before the beginning of each term; and shall keep 
all rooms and walls of the buildings in neat condition. 

6. He shall keep the privy seats and floors neat and clean, wash- 
ing them at least once a week. He shall visit the boys' privy fre- 
quently during the day, between and curing the recesses, to see that 
they are taking proper care of it. 

7. He shall make all minor repairs, remain on the play-grounds 
with the boys during recesses, and provide water for the teachers 
and pupils. 

8. He shall have full control of the grounds and buildings from 
3:30 p. m. to 8:00 a. m., and pupils desiring to enter grounds or build- 
ings within thac time must get permission from him. 

9. He shall have charge of the buildings and grounds at all times 
when the school is not in session and he shall see that there is no tres- 
passing or injuring of property. 

10. He shall see that the chairs, benches, etc., ai-e not taken from 
the school yard or house. 

11. He shall perform such other duties as may be assigned him 
by the Superintendent and Board. 

12. The Janitor shall visit each room as often as necessary, at 
least once, between recesses, to see that the rooms are properly heated 
and ventilated. 

PARENTS. 

Parents are requested to have their children enrolled as early in 
the j^ear as possible, and to see that they are regular and punctual in 
attendance, and that they prepare such work at home as their teacher 
may mark out for them. 

Do not forget that no child can be detained after school and that 



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many cases of disorder on the streets can be prevented by requiring- 
your children to report at home within a reasonable time after the 
daily session of the school closes. 

If you should be requested to cal) at the school building to consult 
with the teacher in regard to your child, you must know that this is 
done for the good of the child, and however unpleasant it may be for 
you to meet the teacher that it is just as unpleasant for the teacher t<> 
meet you. 

Please remember that the imagination of children is very active 
and that in many cases they highly color the happenings at school. 
You are earnestly requested not to pass judgment until you can confer 
with the teachers, the Superintendent or the Board of Trustees. 

You are cordially invited to visit the schools and acquaint your- 
selves with the work of children and teachers. 

The children who have least trouble in school and do the best work 
are those whose fathers and mothers encourage both teacher and 
child. 

Parents are requested to confer freely with the members of the 
Board of Trustees in regard to matters of interest to the public schools. 



Definition of Terms, 

Promoted — Placed in a higher grade. 

Demoted — Placed in a lower grade. 

Withdrawn — Absent more than five days in succession. 

Entered — Came into school for first time. 

P.,ETURNED— Came into school after having withdrawn. 

Tardy — Getting into school after 9:00 and before 12:00. 

Absent — Not reporting at school between 9:00 and 12:00. 

Dismissed— Permitted to leave school before close of daily session. 

Excused — From absence by note of parent. 

Reported — Sent to Superintendent by teacher or janitor. 

Reproved — Sent to parent or guardian. 

Referred — Sent to President of Board by Superintendent. 

Suspended — Sent to the Board of Trustees by Superintendent or 

President. 
Expelled— Sent out of school by Board of Trustees. 
Reinstated— Permitted to return to school by Board of Trustees. 



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